Imphal Airport

Imphal Airport (Meitei: Imphal Malang Hithangpham)
IATA: IMF ICAO: VEIM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Manipur
Operator	Airports Authority of India
Serves	Imphal
Location	Tulihal, Imphal, Manipur, India
Elevation AMSL	774 m / 2,540 ft
Coordinates	24°45′36″N 093°53′48″E
Website	Imphal Airport
Map
IMF Location of airport in Manipur IMF IMF (India)
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04/22 2,746 9,009 Asphalt
Statistics (April 2022 - March 2023)
Passengers 1,233,997 ( 51.4%) Aircraft movements 12,098 ( 37.3%) Cargo tonnage 7,646 ( 6.3%)
Source: AAI

Imphal Airport (IATA: IMF, ICAO: VEIM), officially renamed as Bir Tikendrajit International Airport, and formerly known as Tulihal International Airport, is an international airport serving Imphal, the capital of Manipur, India, located 7 km south from the city centre. It is the second largest and the third-busiest airport in North-East India after Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati and Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in Agartala.

Development

In June 2019, Airports Authority of India (AAI) implemented ₹3,400 crore (US$430 million) projects for the upgradation of various airports in the northeastern region. ₹720 crore (US$90 million) will be spent for further upgradation of Imphal Airport. The project includes a ₹600 crore (US$75 million) integrated terminal building and airside infrastructure like new aircraft parking bays and link taxiways, a new Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower and a control and technical block.

The new terminal building will have an area of 28,125 sq.m. to handle 1,200 peak hour passengers (200 international & 1,000 domestic), an apron with 4 aerobridges and 8 parking bays for Airbus A321 type aircraft, 2 link taxiways, and an ATC tower.

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

Accidents and incidents

• On 16 August 1991, Indian Airlines Flight 257 crashed while on approach to the airport, killing all 69 people on board.

Gallery

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  A trilingual signboard in the airport displaying in Meitei (officially called Manipuri), Hindi and English
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  A Child Care Room in the Imphal International Airport with a signboard in Meitei, Hindi and English languages, showing official multilingualism in India

See also

• Kangla Helipad (Manung Kangjeibung)
• Kakching Aerodrome